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Entry #7

Art block, how to overcome?

Aha, i'm such a kid, I went to Shakey's with my best friend and I had fun.

I'm having alot of trouble getting over this art block.
Is there anyone who can help me out? Like, give me tips on how to be able to draw something I can not be ashamed of?

Also, Birthday in 3 days, taking friends to movies, what's a good movie that's up in theaters right now other than Avatar? Preferably a chick flick. This guy I am mad at invited himself and I want to draw him away.

Also, I'll post nudes up, assuming there's nobody walking around to watch me color them.
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I wish I was 18 already, I want my own place and computer. I have 4 fucking years I can't even drive yet. I can't stand this place.

Comments

Spill your thoughts:

2010-01-27 23:39:32

Your problem is you are ashamed of art you create. I think that comes from being around other artists and their egos. You need to not worry about what other people will think of your art. Unless of course you want to use it to become rich and famous, then that shit better be like everybody else's you know what I mean.
To overcome artblock, take what you know you are good at ( in order to assuage the learned response of shame ) and draw it backwards, then draw it inside out, the draw it with one eye closed. learn a knew technique to do what you already do. I dunno, I am a useless faggot who has nothing to show or contribute here.
peace & tits

2010-01-28 00:19:03

I apologize, i was just commenting while the ads I clicked on your userpage load.
I am not allowed to give real advice here. Please don't do anything I suggest. I am merely making money for you all. That is what I get paid to do.

2010-02-03 16:06:34

2010-02-05 21:30:45

(written under IamWeird33's alt)
touche'

Also as my first serious comment on your blog I must ask you: do you have flash? because if you do you should animate the way you draw in that submission of yours entitled "rawr". I know I said that it was a bad piece of artwork but you don't need to be good at drawing to be good at animating. When you make just one drawing it's just one thing so people are going to look at it for a while and either admire it or despise it. But when you're animating in FBF you can actually make your drawings very simple and still make it a good animation. This is not only because if you made each frame a highly detailed high quality drawing you will be wasting your time not only because it will take an eternity making each frame so perfect. But also because the frame just goes by quickly so people won't give a shit if it's not perfect because they wouldn't notice it anyway.

So yes you can be a good artist and a bad animator and also be a good animator and a bad artist. Now to be honest you're not a bad artist you are not great either but just good. "rawr" is not a good example of your talent because it is the least detailed and polished of all your works. Also now would probably be the time where you would talk about the fact that I'm not a great artist or animator. But you don't need to be a good artist to have an eye for good art. I've been going to newgrounds for two and a half years and wrote 2350 reviews (and counting). You can only really judge things by comparing them to the general public of artists and animators here. So you can say that something is really good even if it's bad just because you don't what a good thing is.